Survey Data
Reg No
14315022
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Historical, Technical
Original Use
Gates/railings/walls
In Use As
Gates/railings/walls
Date
1755 - 1765
Coordinates
296236, 274199
Date Recorded
19/04/2002
Date Updated
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Description
Square-profile ashlar limestone gate piers, c.1760, with carved limestone cap stones, set in stone boundary walls. Pair of cast-iron gates with oval and fleur-de-lis motifs and interlocking shamrock and thistle floral finial.
Appraisal
These fine gates and piers contribute to the setting of the house and to the streetscape. The cast-iron and masonry were clearly executed by skilled craftsmen. These gates were built as part of the formally planned eighteenth-century estate village as devised by Viscount Conyngham, who stipulated the form and materials to be used in the construction of the village.